Chapter 123: The Mysterious Visitor
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The sky is faint, the square in front of the Zhengyang Gate of the Shu Palace is shrouded in the shadow of the towering city tower, and the door hole of the palace gate is even darker. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Duan's family, the person from Duan's family who was on the same boat with them, on an occasion like today, he can be invited into the palace to know that his status in the Duan family will not be low, and then look at it, the person who is responsible for leading the way next to him is even more familiar, it is the cinnabar of Zhaoren Palace, ordinary nobles enter the palace to lead the way are just ordinary servants in the palace, and this one came to greet it is cinnabar, naturally Duan Jinyi wants to see this, squinting his eyes and pondering for a moment, it seems that Duan Jinyi also feels that Duan's situation is not good recently.
"Princess, why did that person enter the palace too?!"
There was hatred in Zi Ying's eyes when he spoke, obviously remembering the conflict that occurred on the boat at that time, the Duan family was powerful, and the grass was like a child's play, even Luo Yuqiang was almost poisoned by them at that time, of course Zi Xun didn't forget, she looked at Zi Ying's innocent eyes and touched her head, "I will see many people today, see more, talk less." ”
Zi Ying's excited mood was much lower because she saw the people of the Duan clan, and as soon as these words came out at this moment, her expression was even more solemn, even if she was from a low background, even if she had never seen many big scenes, Zi Jing also knew that today was not a good time for her to watch the excitement, and nodded, Zi Jing's expression was much calmer, "Is the princess cold?"
It's late March, but this morning is especially cold.
Behind the two of them there is still a steady stream of carriages, and more people get down from the carriage to wait, most of the nobles in Baling are familiar with each other, and when they glance at it, they can see what they are whispering together, so compared to Chaoxi and Zi Xing, they seem to be alone, and because of this, there are eyes on the two of them, most people don't know her identity, but so many dignitaries naturally know, the whispers continue to amplify, and after a while, the words "Shake the Light Princess" flow out of their mouths.
Chaoxi shook his head and raised his hand to take the piano in Zixing's hand.
Tianhuang is the ancient famous qin, but in the great Yin but who know some of the piano will know its reputation, present these nobles are mostly learned solemnly, even if there is no intention to learn, it is inevitable that the vassal elegance, so the day and night just hold the Tianhuang in the hand someone recognized it, the Tianhuang is not only the world loves the piano people yearn for the famous qin, but also the relics of Princess Zhuang Ji, see this qin, although Zhuang Ji has passed away for thirteen years, but still evoke the infinite memories of many people.
Chaoxi turned around and walked towards the guards at the gate of the palace without saying a word, and in just such a moment, everyone's eyes on the square in front of Zhengyang Gate fell on her, if Feng Qin took the courtiers to greet her on the night she came back Most of them were in Shang Jue's face, then today, is the best time to announce her return.
The guards who inspected had already known each other, and they didn't dare to interrogate them more so they let their master and servant enter the palace, and walked through the dark and secluded doorway, when even the little eunuch who led the way came forward, "Your Royal Highness Princess, the king has prepared a dormitory for you to rest today, and now it is not yet the right time, please go to the invitation platform with the slave first, please go here-"
The attitude of the small inner eunuch is extremely respectful, and he was slightly stunned when he heard the words "invite the platform", he left the palace for so many years, and Princess Zhuang Ji also died for thirteen years, and there are only two places in the entire palace that may still have the shadow of Princess Zhuang Ji, the first is the day he came back to the palace and went with Feng Qin, and the second place is this invitation platform.
The invitation platform is a water pavilion, which is the place where Zhuang Ji used to live in the summer to enjoy the coolness.
"After you came back, the king sent someone to repair the invitation platform, and now it has been repaired, the king means that you can rest on the invitation platform when you enter the palace in the future, and if you are willing to stay in the palace, you will live on the invitation platform. ”
Chaoxi glanced at the inner prison, "Who is your master?"
The little inner eunuch hurriedly bowed towards the morning and evening, "Back to the princess, the slave's master is the prince." ”
The prince in his mouth is naturally Wang Qing...... Chaoxi nodded, and went straight to the invitation platform, the invitation platform is located in the east of the inner palace, not far from Yuxiu Palace, and then followed by the west bank of Weiyang Lake, because it is adjacent to the water, the summer is exceptionally cool, the imperial capital of Hojing is located in the north, Zhuang Ji from Hojing can not stand the heat of the summer of Shu Kingdom, and often abandons Zhaoren Palace and lives in the invitation platform.
The road from the gate of the palace to the invitation platform is not close, and it took two quarters of an hour to get to the front of the invitation platform, looking at this newly decorated water pavilion, day and night believe that what this little inner prison said is true, Feng Qin really redressed this place.
"Your Royal Highness Princess, please, there are only four waiters waiting outside, and no one has been arranged inside, if you need it, the slaves can go back and report to the master, and the master will arrange new slaves for you. ”
Chaoxi shook his head, "No need, I'll take a look for myself first." ”
The invitation platform is built near the water, and it is on the high platform, and the morning and evening climb the steps, there are four servants kneeling in front of the door, and the morning and evening waved their hands into the door, all the way to the easternmost side, the invitation platform is surrounded by water on three sides, the entire main hall is located on the water, and the main house is not to go to the north side of the house, but it is the first to go to the east of the observation deck, and the inner supervisor who leads the way follows all the way, and he can't help but say when he sees the direction of the morning and evening, "This side is also newly decorated, Xiao Weiyang has also been reorganized, and the current scene is just right." ”
Xiao Weiyang refers to the water area of the invitation platform, although it is connected to Weiyang Lake, but there is only a waterway connected on both sides, and there is a covered bridge on the waterway, which is separated from the two sides, so even if there is a lively scene on Weiyang Lake today, it is not visible to stand on this invitation platform, and it will not be disturbed.
Stepping on the wooden covered bridge floor all the way to the east, Chaoxi raised her eyes and saw the quiet Xiao Weiyang, the morning breeze hit, and the light hibiscus fragrance came to the scene, Chaoxi had a flash of inspiration in her mind, and Shang Jue's face actually appeared, she settled down, and walked straight to the front of the house, looking by the railing, she could only see the vast fog above Xiao Weiyang in the early morning, and the covered bridge separating Weiyang on both sides was only a very distant and blurred shadow.
"The princess can see it? it is quiet over there, and when the fog clears, you can see the lotus pond in the distance, and now it is the time when the pavilion is like a cover, and the scenery is no worse than that of Weiyang Lake during the day, and here is the quiet of inviting the moon **, although it is not as good as the cherry garden of the princess's mansion, but it is not bad here. ”
Chaoxi was naturally satisfied, "Clean up this house, the queen mother used to like to play the piano here." ”
The east side is the side closest to the water, this elegant house is about to extend to the center of the lake, although it is the coolest in summer, but it is still a little cold at this time, I thought that the day and night were going to stay in the main house, but I didn't want her to like here, the inner supervisor heard that he was busy, turned around and went to order the servant outside to prepare, Zi Jing gathered the clothes on his body, "Princess, will it be cold here?"
Chaoxi set his eyes in the direction of the Weiyang Lake Covered Bridge, "It won't be cold when you go in later." ”
The speed of the little inner eunuch was extremely fast, and it didn't take long for him to bring four servants to carry the couch and carry the tea set and other things together, and he had been standing with the piano on the railing, and after waiting for a while, the little inner eunuch turned around and said respectfully, "Your Royal Highness the princess, you are all ready, please go inside, it's really cold outside, don't break your body." ”
At this moment, the sky has already seen light, the entire sky dome is as blue as a jewel, and the fog above Xiao Weiyang is also thinner, and Chaoxi glanced at the direction of the covered bridge again, "How long does it take to walk from here to the edge of the altar?"
The altar was set up on the other side of Weiyang Lake, and the little inner supervisor estimated that it would take more than a quarter of an hour. ”
There are many winding corridors in this palace, and it seems that this little Weiyang and Weiyang Lake are connected together, but they don't want to go for so long, so they nodded hurriedly, "Okay, then I'll go in first and rest......"
The little eunuch hurriedly bent down and bowed his head, "Yes, yes, Her Royal Highness the princess, go and guard the door, and someone will come to inform the slave when the time comes, and the slave will come in and tell Her Royal Highness the princess when the time comes." ”
Chaoxi turned around and entered this elegant house, and saw that the layout inside was extremely simple and elegant, and the curtain was made of cherry purple color, which really had two points of the style of Princess Zhuang Ji when she was alive, and even a little trance when she first entered the door, the couch in this elegant house, the piano case, and even the white porcelain ornaments were Princess Zhuang Ji's favorite back then, even if it had been thirteen years, there was still a little bit of the scene when Princess Zhuang Ji took their brothers and sisters to enjoy the cool here when she was a child.
A little deep flashed in his eyes, and Zi Wei, who was walking behind, asked with some doubts, "What's wrong with ......the princess?" Otherwise, Zi Wei went out and called them to let them re-arrange?"
Chaoxi came back to her senses, shook her head and walked to the piano case by the window, first took out the piano in her arms and put it down, and took off the piano cover, she gathered her skirt, sat on the couch, swept her eyes on the strings, and raised her hand to be a piece of piano music...... Zi Wei opened her mouth, almost shouting, why did she stroke the piano so suddenly!
Looking at the silhouette of the morning and the evening wanted to speak and stopped, Zi Wei did not speak after all, only stood aside and did not dare to disturb, the ten fingers of the morning and evening moved slightly, the sound of the piano at the fingertips flowed out like water, Zi Wei never dared to disturb and became indulged in it, unconsciously played a small half of an hour, and when the sound of the piano stopped, Zi Wei looked out, only to see that the dense fog above Xiao Weiyang had somehow dispersed most of it, as if it was broken by the sound of the piano, she was stunned for a while before looking at Chao Xi and complained, "The princess is not ...... well"
Chaoxi also came back to his senses, looked at the incense burner lit in the room, and frowned with some doubts.
"The hour should be almost up, why haven't you come in yet?"
When Zi Wei heard this, he immediately said, "Slave, let's go out and take a look, princess, etc." ”
Saying that, he ran out, as soon as Zi Wei left, the neighboring water Yashe was extraordinarily quiet, and he looked down at Tianhuang at the beginning of the day, and his fingertips caressed the strings intentionally or unintentionally, caressing silently, the morning breeze was slightly cool, and there was a pale gray smoke in the incense burner in the corner.
Chaoxi stroked the fingertips of the strings for a moment, and said softly, "You're here?"
Footsteps outside were getting closer, and someone chuckled as they stopped.
"It's clear that I've been waiting for you for a long time. ”
"Your Excellency. ”
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